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- 1.. ■ f~ Pace Four THE CLINTON CHRONICLE Thursday, September 4, 1952 'r* $1]* (HUnton (Et|rnnirlr Established 1900 WILSON W. HARRIS, Editor and Publisher HARRY C. LAYTON, Assistant Published Every Thursday By THE CHRONICLE PUBLISHING COMPANY Subscription Rate (Payable In Advance): One Year $2.50 \ Six Months $1.50 Entered as Second Class Mail Matter at the Post OlTice at Clinton, S. C., - i. under Act of Congress March 3, 1879. The Chronicle seeks the cooperation of its subscribers and readers—• the publisher will at all times appreciate wise suggestions and kindly advice. The Chronicle will publish letters of general, interest when they are not of a defamatory nature. Anonymous communications will not be noticed. This paper is not responsible for the views or opinions of its correspondents. \ MEMBER: SOUTH CAROLINA PRESS ASSOCIATION NATIONAL EDITORIAL ASSOCIATION National Advertising Representative AMERICAN PRESS ASSOCIATION New York Chicago Detroit ' Philadelphia CLINTON, S. C.. THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 4. 1952 Deserves Your Support The officers and directors of the Chamber of Commerce have an nounced that a campaign will be .launched in . the near future to. in> rrer^o it? hn'embership. This organization deserves the party of their fathers. They never , had it so good. | If they think at all about domi- ! nation of the party by the key Ne groes of the North,, they rely on , Congress to save them from FEPC. In the past, the Southern Demo- ■ crats and the Republicans have managed to stave off some of the Worst Fair Deal schemes. But the Pair Dealers are running on a plat form that would take away t the South’s last weapon, the filibuster This election may be the South’s j last chance to make a stand. So long as Southerners volun tarily stay in the bag, there is no inducement to the “Democrats” to court then* Nor, for that matter, is there much inducement for the Republicans. If the white South; will swallow the “Democratic” cod- j dling of professional Negro politi-l i cal leaders, the Republicans might feel justified in playing the same game. Only by becoming doubtful.! only by making BOTH parties cat- 1 er to the Southern states is there hope of restoring political influ- 1 ence to this region. The way to be doubtful is to vote ■ against the party in power. If South Carolina’s eight electoral j votes went to Eisenhower it would be a lessoit in practical politics partment. Its officials at the confer ence told the committee that the sit uation here is serious, and that a by- I that no candidate would soon for pass is the only answer. The im- 1 get.—The News and Courier, provement was promised but there i ♦ " has -been no action. There is no action. There is no plausible reason why the main thor-; "I WAS IN A HURRY oughfare of the town should be fur- had only a broken leg and some i bad bruises. But I was lucky in| another way. Susan taught me a| lesson I’ve never forgotten to this day. . “People in a hurry are danger ous. I don’t know what the statis tics say but I’ll w^gcr that a lot ofi traffic accidents and a lot of acci-j dents rignt in your own bedroom,! bathroom and kitchen are caused, by people in a hurry. “You probably know some of; them; the fellow' who didn’t take time to pinch out hih cigarette be fore he tossed it in the wastebas ket; the housewife who didn’t take! time to clear the galoshes off the basement steps; the farmer who 1 didn’t take time to fix the Weak 1 ladder; the girl who didn’t take time to dry herself before she touched the electric cord in the : bathroom; the jay w'alker who didn’t take time to cross at the in tersection; the parents who haven’t time to talk about safety with their children. “Why, did you know' that more; than 15,000 men, women and chn-: aren kill themselves in one year, just by falls? “Most of them are in a hurry to; go somewhere. “Like I w’as that Monday morn VS- HOUSEHOLD HELPS Ever serve sliced green peppers as an accompaniment to veal, chicken or lamb? Slice the peppers in rings about one-half in thick. Season w'ith salt and paprika. Then coat slightly with flour and fry un til tender. • Scalloped potatoes are such a rib-sticking dish, you’ve probably wondered why they wouldn’t make a main dish. Why not, if you add some sliced leftover ham, salami or bologna to the potatoes? a -H-t pport of all business and profes- n j s hed as a route for the moving ofi The following timely story is ral men in the city since it has j ^ heavy truck traffic. If you travel quoted from the Public Safety e purpose—the growth and bet through many towms you will see the! magazine for the month of August rp.t oi the city and commnnay p ru hi ( , m has betMi "relieved by by- and is given publication by The IF YOU DONT READ THE CHRONICLE YOU DON’T GET THE NEWS If is a clearing house, so to speak, p asses which statistics show dp not Chronicle. .nd all towns need such hurt a town - ' ] The story is entitled. “I Was In a ns it tney, are to ,n . u ' 1 The enormous trucks are wearing Hurry.” It w’as the morning of No- d make pi ogress convaia ■ > out the highways as the motorist* vember 26. Monday, I guess, I tn competitive cities. ' 01 * I quickly sees in traveling over the j won’t forget it the rest of mv life. nization needs enlarged financial . ‘ j t ..ppoit Its dues ate comparative- v sniull. in fact they are too low i i an annual basis to carry on its \v( rk in ah effective way. There are many sound reasons why the business and profesional 'pen of the city should be memberc oi the Chamber of Commerce. ' country. Clinton now being on the That was the morning I was in a main route for this traffic from At- hurrv. There was an important! j lanta to Charlotte is resulting in the meeting at the office. I had to be ! j wearing out of the Calhoun highway, there and on time. But I had been! ; All you need to do is ride over it and awfully late getting to bed the) of use your eyes. We are told by those who are sup- night before. The Linds had stayed! on and on. I’d drunk too much cof- posed to know that it costs 22 per!f ee< and as it often happens with I cent more to build highways thatj mei j couldn't go to sleep once I i will stand up under truck pounding, g e j t 0 | 3U ^ j-olled and toss- T hose six are listed as worthy youi consideration: (than those built fdr private vehicles! Pr i for hnurc BECAUSE . . you are a citizen a i on€ . a reported study made in the j.ng business in this city and s { a t e Q [ Pennsylvania indicated that naring in its prosperity. The ob- costs $4,900 a year to maintain ..ations of business challenge ®v- eac h mile of pavement used by t :y man and institution to sub trucks, and only $350 to maintain ,ribe actively to the advancement highways over which the trucks do t the community of which he is a not operate • art. ! Each day we are wearing out the\ U } Ue Susan - ol \ r f our year Qld when BECAUSE . . . you prosper as highways and furnishing an unfair i f he ran in and started climbing a our city prospers By helping to competition to our heavily taxed ' uiid a thriving, community y°ur, ra jiroad systems. Some are opposed “Susan looked a little surprised, --n-vT^t-mrntoirgUwituirL hy-p,-^ in thpy gay jt and s .t ar ted to cry but gosh, I didn’t “Then to top if off, I slept right through the alarm. You can imag ine how pleasant I didn’t feel when I saw the time. I fussed at Flor ence, who insisted I’d forgotten to set the clock. I even growled at yxur opportunities are broadened. wiU lose business for the city. The T ou have a personal interest in experience of towns w’here such mo- tnese objectives. ! dern improvements and convenienc- BEC AUSE . . . progress and; g s have been made contradict the prosperity depend on the develop-, belief. ment-of a seund economic and so- The Chamber of Commerce is now c:a] structure. -These result frorn vigilant aggressivenes and a con- rinuing program of activities de signed to cultivate opportunities ai:d capitalize on advantages organized for its year’s work with a number of proposals before it. Some of them are of minor irruportance in comparison with the importance of relieving and improving traffic con BECAUSE . . . the support of all ditions in*the city, and the improving business and profesional men is of the highways tinder the mainten- ncccssary to bring about the ee<>- ance of the state department. This ncmic improvement of our city and organization should put strong pres- thc civic and business development | sure on the department to get re demanded by our modem stand-; suits, and we are confident that such aids of living. a move will meet with the almost BECAUSE . . . those goals can be unanimous approval of the commu- icached, only by united effort nity. Other towns are getting results, through an organizaion equipped We are too complacent and need to fast. to study and conduct a sound pro- become aroused to this menace. j “Anv other morning I’d have tak :am of community progress. | BECAUSE ... The Chamber of Have time to pYay wiTff'ler!^T had to get to that meeting. Florence is always after me to eat a big! breakfast but that morning I put my foot down. “Don’t have time to be healthy today,” I barked. “Just pour me some coffee.” “Why do you have to make it so hot?” I barked. Florence smiled patiently, but Susan remarked, “Daddy tells me to take it easy.” dy has an important meeting at the “Yes, Susan,” I said, “but Dad- office. And he has to huny. So I charged out to the garage. Yes, that w’as the morning the car wouldn’t start. Guess I was in such a hurry. I flooded it. Finally it started, and I began backing out Commerce is the only organization Satisfied With StevenSOH consistently and exclusively engag- < :1 in promoting the c ivic and cco-i Gov. Stevenson has now w r on ^nomic development of YOUR con ' unftv'. “ • support “to the limit” of the Rev. Adam Clayton Powell, pastor of Abbyssinian Church and member rf Congress from Harlem. Mr. Ste\enson has convinced Rep. Pow ell and more than a dozen other en time to look. This morning I didn’t. All of a sudden I heard Florence scream. “Susan,” she yelled and pointed at the car. “Sure, I knew right away, what had happened. So do you. Sudden-, ly I wasn't in Such an all-fired hur ry to get to that meeting. Didn’t matter whether I got there at 8:30 or 10:30. Didn’t matter if I got there. “Fact is I didn't even get there. The meeting I went to was in the! hospital. “Susan and I were lucky. She City Bypass Only Solution Several streets in the city, includ ng Broad are under the supervision Negro leaders of at least five key i the state highway, department and Northern states that he w’ill carry .or their maintenance the depart- out their wishes if elected presi- r.cnt is responsible. dent. Get in your car and drive over the “We are entirely satisfied,” Rep. | nam business section of the city from Powell said, “on ' the entire civil, *hc boundary lirpits in each direc- rights issue now\ hon, and see the condition of this There had been a doubt in his aghway. It is in a deplorable condi-. mind about Mr. Stevenson. ThoiUONOR ROLL •ion, rough in many places, with i £) ernocra tj c candidate had not break-ins, bulging sections a n d S pci| ec | ou t exactly v/hat he would makes rough riding. The highway about “fair employment” prac- rtepartment is responsible for its tices. He already had'said he fav- maintenance. It has done a poor job, ored federal compulsion if tho NEW SUBSCRIBERS till will agree. I states failed to require employers The unimproved West Carolina to work white people and Negroes avenue lying between the railroad together on the job. But Rep. Pow- tracks, badly needs attention. This! ell and the others wanted still street should be paved by the high way department to enable a wider use and thereby help relieve consid erable traffic from West Main. The city administration and Chamber of Commerce should make a united stronger assurances. Apparently after a conference with the candidate Friday in New York they have those assurances. Later Mr. Stevenson had as a luncheon guest Dr. Ralph Bunche, effort to get this section of the high- a leader of the Negroes, presum way improved. It takes pressure to aoly further cementing hu pesi- get results. | lion with the colored bloc of voters. Broad street Ls being worn out by Well might these professional the heavy pounding of boxcar trucks Negroes and the professional day and night. These big noisy mon sters have practically taken over “Democrats” feel mutual satisfac tion over tlv?lr partnership. Years er their Broad street and are destroying it; ago it was said that the-‘Negroes which was never intended for such have come into control of the heavy traffic. There is only one so- Democratic party.” In key cities lution, a by-pass for this traffic to ! of key states votes are held by the relieve congestion on the principal Negroes. business streets, to preserve the streets from further damage, to elim inate much of this unnecessary noise as well as the hazard danger. The problem_.is .being solved by other towns and cities in the state by the securing of by-passes. That is our reed here and is the only solution. The city should fight for the by-pass and the Chamber of Commerce can render a real service by joining in the light. Months ago a committee from the Chamber of Commerce was promised action by the highway de- When President Truman said he was a key figure in the campaign he was right. t The Truman and the Negro keys are duplicates in the Fair Deal bunch. They have plan ned it that way. It is a powerful combination so long as majority groups yield toi the pressure of mi norities. While Rep. Powell, Dr. Bunche and the other Negro leaders get satisfaction from the “Democrats,’’ the Southern people meekly sub mit. They are staying with the Going aw r ay to college or to teach? Let THE, CHRONICLE follow you. It w'ill be like a letter from home, filled with home news about people and happenings in which you are inter ested. Subscription price for school term, $2.00. Welcome and thanks to those on our Honor Roll this week. J. O. HUNT, JESSIE COOPER, MRS. JOSIE BORDER, Clinton. THEODORE JACKSON, MRS. W. R. CAUBLE, ELIZABETH HOGAN, MRS. I THIEL HARVEY, Lydia Mills. C. K. STAFFORD, Athens, Ala. A. R. HAMILTON, Bluffton. 1 i - /j. F. BOZARD, Columbus, Miss. MRS. WILLIAM HUTTO, Reevesville. MISS LILLIAN DILLARD, Easley, A-C JAMES C. YOUNG, Keesler AFB, Miss. < ^ -HENRY BURTON. Clemson College. LT. MARK PITTS, Dayton, Ohio. 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